According to Kian, the One Direction lads will struggle to stay together as they don’t have as close a ‘bond.’
He said in an interview: ‘One Direction would be fools to throw it away, absolute fools – and I get the feeling they will.’
‘I watch them and they don’t seem to have this bond as tight as we had in Westlife- especially as they’ve only been together three or four years.’
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Westlife were together for 14 years and sold over 50 million records worldwide.
One Direction are back to work recording their new album after a couple of months off following their marathon world tour.
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‘It’s human nature to take time off,’ says Kian. ‘They probably needed to do that.’
Kian’s comments come following rumours that Harry Styles is planning on leaving One Direction to forge a solo career.
The Irish singer said: As we always said in Westlife, there’s not one person in a band that’s bigger than the band.’
Kian added: ‘Respect each other and understand that it’s a unit, it’s not a bunch of individuals wanting to do what they want to do.’